Those who bought these have over time become disappointed in what they can actually do. Now that we are seeing fully featured laptops getting near the size of net books, I think we will see a lot more people switching back.
Posted on 09/14/2009 12:12:48 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Yesterday AMD introduced two new mobile platforms that they are hoping will help expand their presence in the mobile sector. These releases address the mainstream market as well as the ultra-thin (though not quite net book). While AMD has struggled to compete with Intel in the mobile space, their CPU offerings have taken a back seat to the
They Don’t Call Me Congo Anymore
The ultra-thin product was once code named Congo, but after a blogger at the DailyKOS accused AMD of tacitly supporting human rights abuses by naming their platform after a river in Africa, AMD dropped the Congo codename. Perhaps said blogger will now go after the late Michael Crichton and make him change the name of his book and subsequent movie. But I digress. What AMD didn’t drop was the hardware that was going to be used.
AMD is not a fan of the net book craze, and they believe that fully featured and functional laptops with long power life and a smaller footprint will overtake netbooks in the near future. I tend to agree with them, as the functionality of many net books leave a lot of users begging for more.
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Those who bought these have over time become disappointed in what they can actually do. Now that we are seeing fully featured laptops getting near the size of net books, I think we will see a lot more people switching back.
There is some new stuff with a chipset (Video ) for slim notebooks.
In other news, David Axelrod issued the Intel rebuttal, stating that the AMD chips are clearly NOT the mainstream and are clearly just plain wrong.
Intel will have AMD beat, in the 32-nm game.
Intel begins production of 32nm Westmere processors
Were you so impressed by the reviews of Intel's latest Lynfield Core i7 chips that you ran out and paid the early-adopter premium to buy one? Your period of superiority hasn't lasted long, dear reader, with the company announcing initial production of 32nm processors has begun. It's taken many years (and a $7 billion manufacturing investment) to get these Westmere chips onto silicon, with the Clarkdale (desktop) and Arrandale (notebook) lines expected to start showing up in over-sized cardboard boxes before the end of the year. What's next for 45nm chips, like those new Lynnfields? A slow fade to obsolescence, as they're likely to be the last of the breed -- but they at least can take pride in knowing they were the king of their class; a class that resulted in a whopping 200 million sales. Check out the video after the break for a some silicon and cleanroom action.
Intel is beating the drums to keep all eyes on the processor....AMD is working on the Graphics side however....where Intel is weak.
“AMD is working on the Graphics side however....where Intel is weak.”
So? nVidia has been kicking AMD/ATI around the playground for years.
and it’s irritating.. since I use AMD and prefer nVidia :/
bttt
Sounds like you have to use AMD?
No, not at all... I had another computer geek several years ago trying to sell me to change to AMD over Intel..
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I remembered AMD as a problem child from when it first got out (and was very incompatible with Intel cards)...
Finally, about 6 years ago, I went out on a limb and built myself an AMD system. Haven’t been back to Intel since.
BUT, I still do stick with nVidia; Every ATI card I have had caused more trouble than they were worth. I haven’t used ATI for at least the last 5 years. nVidia has always been good to me (as well as AMD, although it can be a pain in the butt sometimes.)
With Intel’s quad processors they smoked by AMD. Until then it was a horse race. I love the Intel/AMD competition because that was the only thing that pushed us through the 486/Pentium days of crappy processors and recently made Intel produce the quad.
P.S. I still have my AMD processors from then, including their 100Mhz 486 and 40Mhz 386.
lol... I still have my first AMD 3000+ ;)
On quad core now (updated my BIOS so that my AM2 mobo could except the quad :D)
The only strange problem is that when I boot, I have to hit reset after I hit power on or will won’t boot. Can’t complain since the CPU wasn’t made for AM2 ;)
(I also still have my P4 750mhz mobo and RAM.. lots of good that is anymore.)
My first PC was a TRS80 MCC >.< darn cassette storage and 300 baud modem O.o
Bikk
oops.. mean accept.. :D
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